diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index daa4d06ce2336ef4208fb0dd61f9e2f942f29209..50135f8df1b4a934d5eec08bb976ae99c473376d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ struct se_device *target_alloc_device(struct se_hba *hba, const char *name)
 
 	dev->queues = kcalloc(nr_cpu_ids, sizeof(*dev->queues), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev->queues) {
-		dev->transport->free_device(dev);
+		hba->backend->ops->free_device(dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}